 ... architecture is at most stationary. And, indeed, it may be questioned whether, without a thought of art, and, as it were, in spite of himself, the engineer has not produced the most impressive, as certainly he has produced the most characteristic...  Discourses on Architecture - 180 psl.autoriai: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc - 1875 - 517 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Alan Gowans - 1981 - 532 psl.
...traditional arts of beautification still flourish and do their civilizing work. "a locomotive . . . has its peculiar physiognomy, not the result of caprice,...necessity. It expresses controlled power; its movements are terrible or gentle. It advances with awful impetuosity, or when at rest, seems to tremble with impatience.... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 2004 - 449 psl.
...he has produced the most charateristic monuments of our time, "A locomotive," says Viollet-le-Duc, "has its peculiar physiognomy, not the result of caprice but of necessity. Some say it is but an ugly machine. But why ugly? Does it not have the true expression of brutal energy?"... | |
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